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Taxonomy
Family:
SKENEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Skeneidae (Family)
> Liotella (Genus)
> polypleura (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Brookula (Liotella) Iredale, 1915
Images: Liotella polypleura (Hedley, 1904)
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Taxonomy
Family:
SKENEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Skeneidae (Family)
> Liotella (Genus)
> polypleura (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Brookula (Liotella) Iredale, 1915
Details: Liotella polypleura (Hedley, 1904)
Size/Grows to:
Height 0.6mm, Width 0.9mm
Distribution:
King Bank, and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-805m
Type Data:
  • Lyall Bay, Wellington, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.78)
  • Hedley, C. 1904 Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, Records of the Australian Museum, 5(2) (p.93) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil